Lenovo ThinkPad E460 - Using the Rescue and Recovery Workspace

•Onanetworkdrive
•Onrecordablediscs(anexternalrecordableopticaldriveisrequiredforthisoption)
Afteryouhavebackedupthecontentsontheharddiskdriveorhybriddrive,youcanrestorethecomplete
contentsoftheharddiskdriveorhybriddrive,restoreonlytheselectedfiles,orrestoreonlytheWindows
operatingsystemandapplications.
Performingabackupoperation
ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoperformabackupoperationusingtheRescueandRecovery
program.
1.FromtheWindowsdesktop,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙LenovoThinkVantageTools➙Enhanced
BackupandRestore.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramopens.
2.IntheRescueandRecoverymainwindow,clicktheLaunchadvancedRescueandRecoveryarrow.
3.ClickBackupyourharddriveandselectbackupoperationoptions.Then,followtheinstructionson
thescreentocompletethebackupoperation.
Performingarecoveryoperation
ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoperformarecoveryoperationusingtheRescueandRecovery
program.
1.FromtheWindowsdesktop,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙LenovoThinkVantageTools➙Enhanced
BackupandRestore.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramopens.
2.IntheRescueandRecoveryprogrammainwindow,clicktheLaunchadvancedRescueandRecovery
arrow.
3.ClicktheRestoreyoursystemfromabackupicon.
4.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentocompletetherecoveryoperation.
FormoreinformationaboutperformingarecoveryoperationfromtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace,see
“UsingtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace”onpage32.
UsingtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace
TheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceresidesinaprotected,hiddenareaofyourharddiskdriveorhybrid
drivethatoperatesindependentlyfromtheWindowsoperatingsystem.Thisenablesyoutoperformrecovery
operationsevenifyoucannotstarttheWindowsoperatingsystem.Youcanperformthefollowingrecovery
operationsfromtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace:
•Rescuefilesfromyourharddiskdrive,yourhybriddrive,orabackup
TheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceenablesyoutolocatefilesonyourharddiskdriveorhybriddrive
andtransferthemtoanetworkdriveorotherrecordablemedia,suchasaUSBdeviceoradisc.This
solutionisavailableevenifyoudidnotbackupyourfilesorifchangesweremadetothefilessinceyour
lastbackupoperation.YoualsocanrescueindividualfilesfromaRescueandRecoverybackuplocated
onyourlocalharddiskdriveorhybriddrive,aUSBdevice,oranetworkdrive.
•RestoreyourharddiskdriveorhybriddrivefromaRescueandRecoverybackup
IfyouhavebackedupyourharddiskdriveorhybriddriveusingtheRescueandRecoveryprogram,you
canrestoretheharddiskdriveorhybriddrivefromaRescueandRecoverybackup,evenifyoucannot
starttheWindowsoperatingsystem.
•Restoreyourharddiskdriveorhybriddrivetothefactorydefaultsettings
TheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceenablesyoutorestorethecompletecontentsofyourharddisk
driveorhybriddrivetothefactorydefaultsettings.Ifyouhavemultiplepartitionsonyourharddiskdrive
orhybriddrive,youhavetheoptiontorestorethefactorydefaultsettingstotheC:partitionandleave
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